Biography
In the United States, Mike Tirico works as a sportscaster for NBC Sports. From 2006 to 2015, Mike Tirico worked as an NFL play-by-play announcer on ESPN’s Monday Night Football.
Learn more about Mike Tirico, including his biography, wiki, age, height, weight, net worth, relationship, and career information.
Mike Tirico is an American sportscaster who was born on December 13, 1966. He took over for Al Michaels in 2022 and is now the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
Tirico was a play-by-play announcer on ESPN’s Monday Night Football from 2006 to 2015. Throughout his career, Tirico has called a wide range of sports, including the NBA, NHL, college football and basketball, golf, tennis, and soccer at the World Cup.
Tirico was hired by NBC Sports after leaving ESPN after 25 years when his contract expired in the summer of 2016. Since his debut on NBC’s Open Championship coverage in 2016, Tirico has been the network’s primary golf host.
Tirico has hosted Triple Crown races, NBC’s Football Night in America, NBC’s coverage of the Indianapolis 500, and NBC’s coverage of the Stanley Cup since joining NBC Sports. He has also served as the primary play-by-play announcer for Notre Dame Football on NBC.
| Full Name: | Michael Todd Tirico |
|---|---|
| Born Date: | December 13, 1966 |
| Age: | 55 years old |
| Horoscope: | Sagittarius |
| Lucky Number: | 11 |
| Lucky Stone: | Turquoise |
| Lucky Color: | Orange |
| Best Match for Marriage: | Leo, Aquarius |
| Gender: | Male |
| Profession: | sportscaster |
| Country: | USA |
| Height: | 4 feet 10 inches (1.47m) |
| Marital Status: | married |
| Wife | Debbie Tirico |
| Net Worth | $14 million |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Birth Place | Whitestone, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | African-American |
| Education | Bayside High School Syracuse University |
| Father | Donald Tirico |
| Mother | Maria Tirico |
| Kids | Two |
Career
NBC Sports (2016–present) On May 9, 2016, it was officially announced that Mike Tirico would join NBC Sports on July 1, 2016, following a leak from the previous month. On June 30, 2016, Tirico made his final appearance on ESPN, concluding that day’s coverage of the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament.
During the 2016 Open Championship, Tirico made his debut as a play-by-play announcer for the first three hours of coverage of the first and second rounds on NBC’s Golf Channel. On Thursday and Friday afternoons, Tirico assumed the role of studio host, and over the weekend, he hosted all of the coverage on NBC itself.
Tirico contributed to NBC’s August broadcasts of the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio de Janeiro as a studio host. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch suggested that Tirico might take over for Bob Costas as the primetime host of NBC’s Olympics coverage.
Following the 2014 Winter Olympics, NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus stated that the division had begun to “think about what life after Bob might be, whether post-Rio, post-Pyeongchang, post-Tokyo, whenever he does not want to do it anymore.” This explanation came after the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Deitsch was also of the opinion that Tirico’s radio experience might enable him to contribute to the network of NBC Sports Radio. In the beginning, Sports Business Journal stated that Tirico was likely to succeed Al Michaels as the lead play-by-play announcer for Thursday Night Football, which was moving to NBC for the upcoming season.
Later, the NFL stated that NBC had to use its primary play-by-play commentator for all primetime broadcasts as part of its contract with the network. Due to Hicks’ conflicts with his lead play-by-play role on NBC’s golf coverage, including the 2016 Ryder Cup, Tirico was placed on play-by-play for NBC’s first three Notre Dame college football games.
Tirico also called the two preseason games that were assigned to NBC. Together with Hicks, Tirico would host Sunday coverage of the event.
Tilico was used in two late-season games of the Thursday Night Football package produced for the NFL Network. These games were played on Saturday and Christmas Sunday respectively, and Tirico had Doug Flutie and Tony Dungy in both games.
NBC has more NFL work, so Michael was asking for time off. Bob Costas announced on February 9, 2017, that he will be retiring as primetime host of his NBC coverage of the Olympics and will be replaced by Tillico from the 2018 USA Winter Olympics and he will be taking his place from NFL coverage.
In 2017, Mike Tillico took over the role of Tom His Hammond in coverage of the Triple Crown and Notre Dame, where he became a full-time play-by-play announcer for football. On May 31, 2017, it was announced that Tillico would replace Al Michaels as a play-by-play commentator for all Thursday night football games on NBC.
Tirico didn’t go to Super Bowl LII because he wanted to focus on preparing for the 2018 Winter Olympics, which started on Friday. Tirico was assigned to NBC’s Thanksgiving Day game during the 2018 NFL season, along with teammates Tony Dungey and Rodney Harrison, after Thursday night’s loss to Fox. named his two NFL Network special games produced by Fox Sports.
Tirico announced on February 20, 2019, on NBCSN’s Wednesday Night Hockey between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Reds that he called his NHL game his first for the Wings, with Eddie Olczyk and Brian Boucher as his commentators.
Net worth
Mike Tirico has amassed a sizable fortune in his detailing profession. As of November 2022, Mike Tirico’s net worth is estimated to be around $14 million. His annual salary is not specified in any specific information.
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